5 Months

Sitting up all by myself... Dr. Ori calls this the frog sit

mmmm... yummy paper

Ethan is 5 months now. I can hardly believe it! He's starting to sit up on his own and he rolls back and forth from his tummy to his back and his back to his tummy. He's almost got this whole getting around thing by just rolling across the floor. I guess my days of doing other things while Ethan played quietly on the floor are gone. (well... he's never really been "quiet") He squeals all morning long while I try to get an extra 10 minutes of sleep, but it's so cute. We went to the doctor for a 5 month check up on his birthday. He was 17 lbs and 13 oz (75% on weight) and 27 inches long (90% for height). His head is now in the 50th percentile. He's a big growing boy. We are so lucky that he is healthy and happy and progressing so well. I have started giving him more solid foods. He had sweet potatoes and really liked them and now I have tried green beans (he loved) and soy beans (not so much).

SOLIDS!

Ethan and I went out to Katy to spend the night at Nana & Papa's since Allen is out of town in Florida. We had lots of fun swimming in the pool and then I made homemade sweet potatoes for Ethan to try. He has had rice cereal a couple of times, but this was the first real solid food he has had. He actually did pretty well and ate quite a bit of it. Well, most of it ended up on his face and chest and hands... but you get the idea.